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Pacific Conservation Biology
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Pacific Conservation Biology

1038-2097

Published by: Csiro Publishing

https://www.publish.csiro.au/pc

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 286 114 107 12
Environmental Sciences 676 9 24 6
Biology and Biochemistry 873 7 8 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 146
Documents by Best Scientists*: 142
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 45
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.515
Impact Factor: 1.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Pacific Conservation Biology?

The topics of Ecology, Habitat, Biodiversity, Threatened species and Project commissioning are the focal point of discussions in Pacific Conservation Biology. The journal primarily discusses Ecology topics, particularly Range (biology), Vegetation, Endangered species, Species richness and Fauna. The concepts on Habitat presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Rainforest, Abundance (ecology) and Woodland.

The Biodiversity works featured in it incorporate elements from Climate change, Ecosystem, Environmental resource management and Environmental planning. The Environmental resource management study featured in it draws parallels with the field of Sustainability. Research in Project commissioning discussed is concerned with the study of Publishing as a whole.

The studies on Publishing discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Social science and Media studies. Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Environmental ethics and the similar topic of Conservation biology.

  • Ecology (50.99%)
  • Habitat (18.77%)
  • Biodiversity (15.05%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Swallowing the Bait: Is Recreational Fishing in Australia Ecologically Sustainable? (218 citations)
  • A framework for the improved management of threatened species based on Population Viability Analysis (PVA) (161 citations)
  • Conservation of woodland birds in a fragmented rural landscape (153 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Pacific Conservation Biology:

The journal publications are organized to reinforce research efforts on Ecology, Habitat, Environmental resource management, Biodiversity and Vegetation. The published articles encompass presentations on Ecology, specifically Woodland, Predation, Threatened species, Endangered species and Fauna. The most cited articles explore issues in Habitat which can be linked to other research areas like Abundance (ecology), Range (biology), Nectar, Understory and Rainforest.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Ecology
  • World War II
  • Law

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Pacific Conservation Biology mainly deals with areas of study such as Ecology, Threatened species, Fishery, Biodiversity and Habitat. Invasive species, Fauna, Insectivore, Species richness and Woodland are all areas of Ecology tackled in Pacific Conservation Biology. Issues in Threatened species were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Conservation status, Endangered species, Population size and Wetland.

It explores research in Zoology and overlapping concepts in Predation to expand the discourse in Endangered species. Biodiversity research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Range (biology), Legislation, Indigenous, Endemism and Conservation biology. It holds forums on Habitat that merges themes from other disciplines such as Subtropics and Urbanization.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Reptiles on the brink: identifying the Australian terrestrial snake and lizard species most at risk of extinction (8 citations)
  • Using wildlife carer records to identify patterns in flying-fox rescues: a case study in New South Wales, Australia (6 citations)
  • Longitudinal trends of future suitable climate for conserving oil palm indicates refuges in tropical south-east Asia with comparisons to Africa and South America (3 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Pacific Conservation Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Harry F. Recher (73 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mike Calver (52 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Graham R. Fulton (37 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Denis A. Saunders (20 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Daniel Lunney (18 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Pacific Conservation Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Murdoch University (52 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Queensland (29 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Charles Darwin University (23 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • James Cook University (23 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Australian National University (21 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 19.57% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 41.89% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 17.57% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 25.68% of all publications and 14.86% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Big trouble for little fish: Identifying Australian freshwater fishes in imminent risk of extinction

    Mark Lintermans;Hayley M. Geyle;Stephen Beatty;Culum Brown

    (2020)
    71 Citations
  • Reptiles on the brink: identifying the Australian terrestrial snake and lizard species most at risk of extinction

    Hayley M. Geyle;Reid Tingley;Andrew P. Amey;Hal Cogger

    (2021)
    54 Citations
  • Extensive recent wildfires demand more stringent protection of critical old growth forest

    David B Lindenmayer;Chris Taylor

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Is Australia’s environmental legislation protecting threatened species? A case study of the national listing of the greater glider

    Kita R. Ashman;Darcy J. Watchorn;David B. Lindenmayer;Martin F. J. Taylor

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • Saving the Tasmanian Devil: Recovery through Science-based Management

    Ian Abbott

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Empowering Indigenous agency through community-driven collaborative management to achieve effective conservation: Hawai‘i as an example

    Kawika B. Winter;Mehana Blaich Vaughan;Natalie Kurashima;Christian Giardina

    (2021)
    19 Citations
  • Watching the tide roll away – contested interpretations of the nature of the Lower Lakes of the Murray Darling Basin

    Peter A. Gell

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Red hot frogs: Identifying the Australian frogs most at risk of extinction

    Hayley M. Geyle;Conrad J. Hoskin;Deborah S. Bower;Renee Catullo;Renee Catullo

    (2021)
    18 Citations
  • Introduced red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) driving Australian freshwater turtles to extinction? A critical evaluation of the evidence

    (2021)
    17 Citations

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